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Tax Institute a finalist in the Publishers Australia Excellence Awards

Included with your copy of the journal this month is a copy of the program for the Institute’s flagship National Convention, which in 2013 moves to Perth. Covering the latest technical content, the convention is your chance to hear from experts with real practical insights, and to catch up with your colleagues and peers.

Register before 25 January 2013 and receive early-bird pricing.

Tax Knowledge eXchange

Congratulations to the final two winners in our Tax Knowledge eXchange 10th anniversary celebrations. Celia Tang, CTA, Tax Consultant in Camberwell, Victoria, and Maria Day of Springfield in Queensland have both won a free subscription to Australia’s leading tax knowledge base.

Congratulations to all of our winners during our celebration of 10 years of the Tax Knowledge eXchange. If you haven’t taken a trial this year, make sure you do soon and see the benefits that our easy-to-use tax knowledge and research tool will deliver for your business.

iPad App: Taxation in Australia EXTRA

We’ve enhanced our Taxation in Australia iPad App, with new content and expanded commentary. If you haven’t downloaded our App, do so now and you’ll find ongoing coverage of compliance in each issue of Taxation in Australia EXTRA.

Publishers Australia Excellence Awards

I am proud to announce that Taxation in Australia was a finalist in the category of Association or Member Organisation Magazine of the Year in the Publishers Australia Excellence Awards. The only journal to win a place, the judging panel commented that “Taxation in Australia is clean and readable for such text-heavy, but relevant, copy”.

I hope you’ll join me in offering congratulations to the team that work so hard in bringing you this journal every month.

Celebrating 70 years

In 2013, The Tax Institute will be celebrating its 70th anniversary. Keep an eye out in the year for some exciting news and events around this significant milestone.

On behalf of all staff at the Institute, I would like to wish you a fantastic festive season and hope that you enjoy some well-earned time off with family and friends. The next issue of Taxation in Australia is due in February 2013, and I look forward to updating all members on our plans for 2013 in the New Year.

NoelRowland

Noel Rowland is Chief Executive Officer of The Tax Institute.

The Tax Institute is Australia’s leading professional association in tax. Its 13,000 members include tax agents, accountants and lawyers as well as tax practitioners in corporations, government and academia.

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occurred during October 2018.
Each month, these developments are considered in more detail in the
Taxing Issues column of Taxation in Australia, the Institute's member journal. Foreign
investor amendments An amending Bill that was introduced into parliament on
21 September 2018 contains amendments that are intended to comprehensively
tackle the various tax settings that are combined with stapledstructures to deliver low tax rates to foreign
investors. Multinational
amendments The Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Multinationals Pay
their Fair Share of Tax in Australia and Other Measures) Bill 2018) contains
amendments that will (inter alia) amend (from 1 July 2018) the R&D tax
incentive to better target the incentive and encourage firms to increase the
proportion of their business devoted to genuine, additional R&D expenditure
and extend the definition of a “significant globa…